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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What obstacle must Will's ship overcome before sailing out to sea?
(a) A storm.
(b) A shortage of crew.
(c) The tide.
(d) A sandbar.

2. Who does Jane Wilson blame for Harry Carson's death?
(a) John.
(b) Will.
(c) Mary.
(d) Herself.

3. In Chapter 31, rather than sleep at night, what does Mary do?
(a) Reads a book.
(b) Stares out a window.
(c) Cries.
(d) Writes a letter.

4. What does Mary admit in her testimony?
(a) The she killed Harry Carson.
(b) That she loves Jem.
(c) That her father killed Harry Carson.
(d) That she loved Harry Carson.

5. What impression does Mr. Bridgenorth get from meeting Jem?
(a) That Jem knows something about the murder.
(b) That Jem is scared of going to jail.
(c) That Jem is not capable of murder.
(d) That Jem is capable of murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does Jem use to return to Liverpool quickly?

2. Where does Mary wait at the courthouse?

3. What is the only food Mary has to eat at home?

4. Where is Harry Carson murdered?

5. What does Jem ask his mother for before he returns to Liverpool?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Jane blame for Jem's arrest?

2. Why does Jem leave Mary to return to Manchester?

3. What does Charley Jones clarify about the John Cropper sailing out?

4. What does Mary offer the sailors in order to hire a boat?

5. How do the Sturgis' try to revive Mary when she faints at their house?

6. What does Mary stay up all night doing at the Sturgis' house?

7. Why does Margaret tell her grandfather that Mary should be the one to search for Will?

8. What does Jem ask of Job in the letter he writes him?

9. What lie does Job tell Jane Wilson in Chapter 30?

10. What alibi is found for Jem?

(see the answer keys)

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